Malcolm X

Clueless about the women behind great men? Virginia Woolf once quipped, "For most of history, Anonymous was a woman." Supporting a famous husband or partner and not sharing in any of their glory was not the bane of only Victorian Age muses. In her latest book, "Behind Every Great Man: The Forgotten Women Behind the World's Famous and Infamous," Marlene Wagman-Geller does more than profile 40 members of the "fairer sex" who lived and died in relative obscurity. She allows these vibrant women, marginalized by history, to step into their own spotlight by providing more than simple biographical data. Her clever and witty writing style brings them to life....

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